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It was impossible not to smile during Charles Bradley’s captivating soul set Saturday afternoon at Firefly’s most private spot, the Backyard stage, which is tucked away on the northern-most corner of the 87-acre festival grounds. After all, the man is in his mid-60s, sings soul songs that harken back to ’60s and ’70s and dresses

Continuing to march toward a more experimental rock-based sound, The Felice Brothers are no more just a rising Americana act from the same piece of upstate New York that spawned some of The Band’s best work. Their unique mix of fiddle-driven stompers and dense dirges was enough to gather a big crowd at the main

The Twitterverse and Facebook were alight with warnings about bad traffic around Dover, but the worst seemed to be waits behind the toll plaza on Del. 1 north of Dover. It was moving, but the Delaware Department of Transportation was telling travelers to expect travel to take 15-20 minutes longer than normal through that stretch

After midnight Friday, a pesky drizzle put the kabosh on any raves or drum circles planned at camping lots six and seven. Campers grilled hot dogs or played cards. A couple of laid-back Canadians reclined in canvas chairs under string lights, sipping rum and coke. Strains of OK Go, which performed earlier in the day, filtered

Fluorescent shorts, men in tank tops — some men in fluorescent shorts and tank tops. There are quite a few bold looks making Firely something to see as well as hear. Missy Boulrice, 34, of New York City, went pantsless — with a bikini under a fitted tee on top — her bare legs emblazoned with Michael

DOVER— Forget the rain, the traffic, the sold-out hotels and the scramble for camping spots. Once fans numbering in the tens of thousands got past the ticket-takers and onto the Firefly Music Festival grounds Friday, they forgot the clock. “What time is it now?” tweeted LankyA in late afternoon. “It’s a quarter to John Legend.”

Campers woke up to day two of Firefly with steady rain pounding their tents after dawn. One tweeting camper worried about catching a pneumonia after her tent sprung a leak. Luckily, the rain tapered off by the time gates opened at 11 a.m. Moon Taxi performed to a sparse crowd at 11:15 a.m. as groggy Fireflyers

Let’s get the complaints out of the way first: massive sound problems soiled White’s first few songs, including the opener, “Dead Leaves and the Dirty Ground,” and then after revving the crowd up, White ended his set 10 minutes early. Still, Firefly’s first headliner — the one that was the hardest for organizers to book